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CLAS Announcements for the week of November 7-November 14 , 2016
- If you want us to announce your events and/or opportunities please send Angelina Cotler, Associate Director of CLAS (a-cotler@pitt.edu) an email with all the information no later than Sunday.
- Did you miss any of our events? you can watch them online at our website: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/
- Register to our listserve at http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/subscribe
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PANORAMAS NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2016
http://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/
Articles about Nicolas Guillen, Reassessing the Regime of Hugo Chavez, Female Presidents in Latin America, and much more.
Panoramas is a forum dedicated to spreading innovative research and ideas about Latin America to an academically oriented audience.
Our website receives more than 8,000 unique visits from Latin Americanists from all the world. Hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Pittsburgh, Panoramas offers a unique opportunity to Latin Americanists from any discipline to briefly present their research to a cross-disciplinary audience. We accept summaries of books and papers recently published in academic journals and columns of opinions in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. You can stay updated on our daily articles by liking us on Facebook at Panoramas.
If you are interested in contributing to Panoramas, please contact Coordinating Editor Ignacio Arana Araya at submissions.panoramas@gmail.com, or simply follow the submissions tab on our homepage to create an account.
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CLAS Faculty Research Grants
EXTENDED DEADLINE
CLAS Faculty Research Grants fund research projects on Latin America and/or the Caribbean by faculty members that will enhance the expertise and current knowledge of the faculty members and enrich the Latin American/Caribbean content of their courses.
For more information: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/frg
Deadline: Monday, November 21, 2016
For more information contact: Associate Director, Angelina Cotler, a-cotler@pitt.edu
The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies is sponsoring Library Travel Research Grants for Spring & Summer 2017.
Their purpose is to enable faculty researchers from other U.S. colleges and universities to use the extensive resources of the Latin American and Caribbean Collection in the University of Florida Libraries, thereby enhancing its value as a national resource. The grants are funded by a Title VI National Resource Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Seven or more travel grants of up to $1000 each will be made to cover travel and lodging expenses. Grantees are expected to remain in Gainesville for at least one week and, following their stay, submit a brief (2–3 pp.) report on how their work at UF Libraries enriched their research project and offer suggestions for possible improvements of the Latin American Collection.
Additional information on the UF Latin American Collection is available at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/lac. You can also e-mail Paul Losch (plosch@uflib.ufl.edu), Head Librarian of the Latin American and Caribbean Collection, for further information.
Application Procedure
All applications must be filed electronically. To apply for a Library Travel Grant, send a letter of intent, brief library research proposal, travel budget, and CV to:
Maira Gutierrez
Program Coordinator, Center for Latin American Studies
E-mail: mgutierrezra@latam.ufl.edu
Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents teaching as a faculty member at a US college or university.
Application Deadline: February 17, 2017. All travel must be completed by July 30, 2017.
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2017-2018 Inter-American Foundation Ph.D. Grassroots Development Fellowship
IAF announces a call for applications for Ph.D. students interested in development in Latin America. Students must have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy by their proposed research begins to be eligible. For more information click here: http://www.iie.org/Programs/IAF-Grassroots-Development-Fellowship-Program#.WC26eI-cG71 Applications are due by January 11th, 2017.
Master in Migration Studies at the University of San Francisco
The University of San Francisco is taking applications for its Master in Migration Studies Program.
The second semester of the program takes place in Mexico City at la Universidad Iberoamericana
We will be able to place students in fieldwork and internships in many parts of the world, including on the US/Mexico border, the US/Guatemala border, along the route of "la bestia", and throughout Central America.
We are taking applications for next fall.The early deadline is February 1. The final deadline is April 1. We will accept applications after that only if space permits
A flyer and brochure for the program are attached to this message. The website is: https://www.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/graduate-programs/migration-studies
For more information you can also contact Lois Ann Lorentzen, lorentzen@usfca.edu
Center for Engaged Scholarship- Dissertation Fellowships
We are accepting applications from Ph.D students in the social sciences who have already completed all departmental and institutional requirements for the Ph.D. degree, including approval of the dissertation proposal. The only requirement not completed must be the writing and where required, the defense, of the dissertation.Following areas accepted: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, social psychology and sociology. Work inspired by these disciplines carried out in interdisciplinary programs such as ethnic studies, women's studies, or American studies is also accepted. Requirements and how to apply: http://cescholar.org/dissertation-fellowships/#
Deadline: December 15, 2016
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation.
2017 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
Competition is NOW OPEN and accepting applications
2017 Predoctoral application deadline:
November 17, 2016
(5:00 PM EST)
2017 Dissertation and Postdoctoral application deadlines:
November 10, 2016
(5:00 PM EST)
Supplementary Materials receipt deadline (all levels):
January 10, 2017
(5:00 PM EST)
For more information click here
New M.A. on Central America
Tulane University
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies announces an innovative new program on Central America to be offered at CIAPA (Centro de Investigación y Adiestramiento Político Administrativo) in Costa Rica (July 10, 2017-May 11, 2018). The intensive ten-month Latin American Studies M.A. program will provide students a unique opportunity to engage a range of global issues related to sustainable human development in democratic societies, including migration, health, environment, inequality, security, and violence prevention from a Central American perspective. The program is ideal for students pursuing careers in journalism, foundations, NGOs, multilateral organizations, and government, corporate, or humanitarian service, or who expect to pursue doctoral degrees.
The program combines graduate interdisciplinary seminars with practical applications that include in-country field experience led by Central American academics, policy makers, and civic actors who are engaged in the formation and critique of policy initiatives. The issue-oriented curriculum is designed to facilitate direct contacts with relevant Central American-based institutions and stakeholders. Deadline for applications: March 15, 2017. To learn more, visithttp://stonecenter.tulane.edu/page/TulaneMAProgramCostaRicaPolicy
Brazil Nuts Portuguese Club
Brazil Nuts is an active student organization whose primary goal is student exposure to Brazilian culture and the Portuguese language. Whether you speak Portuguese or not, you are welcome to participate in the club! For additional information or to be added to the mailing list: brazil@pitt.edu
For more information: http://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/undergraduate/clubs-activities
Spanish Club - Club de Español
Pitt Spanish Club is a student organization of the University of Pittsburgh with the principal goal of promoting the practice of speaking Spanish. One way we achieve this goal is through conversation tables, which allow students to practice their conversation skills in a relaxed environment twice a week. Additionally, the group promotes Latin American and Hispanic culture through events like dance workshops and cultural nights. The club works with other organizations with ties to Latin American culture in Pittsburgh, like the Center for Latin American Studies and Brazil Nuts. The club involves itself with the local Hispanic community by offering volunteer opportunities.
E-mail: pittspanishclub@gmail.com
Website: http://pittspanishclub.weebly.com/
For more information: http://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/undergraduate/clubs-activities
C.L.A.S.A (University of Pittsburgh)
The Caribbean & Latin American Student Association's primary purpose is to promote Cultural, Educational, and Social activities from the Caribbean & Latin America.
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/pittclasa/
Happenings and Babble: Latin America (HABLA)
Come and join us! If you are interested in being a part of this Latin American interest group, please contact: smorgens@pitt.edu
LAAGS (Latin American Association of Graduate Students) is a group of graduate students of the University of Pittsburgh interested in Latin America, which actually is in process of recognition by the Graduate & Professional Student Government (GPSG). The members of this group have different nationalities, academic backgrounds and heuristics, offering a wide academic perspective of Latin America, which conveys multiple approaches to the study of this region from diverse disciplines.
If you would like to join this group, please email: JUV10@pitt.edu
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Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium Oct 1, 2016–Jan 2, 2017
Heinz Galleries
The first comprehensive US retrospective of the influential Brazilian artist
Carnegie Museum of Art presents Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium, the first comprehensive US retrospective of the influential Brazilian artist (1937–1980). Ranging from beautifully balanced geometric paintings to immersive, interactive environments, Oiticica’s work is visually arresting, wholly original, and seeks to build a participatory relationship with audiences. The exhibition is co-organized by CMOA, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The first exhibition to explore in depth the artist’s New York years (1970–1978) and his return to Rio (1978–1980), Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium invites a reconsideration of an internationally recognized, yet too-rarely encountered artist.
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21th Latin American and Social Public Policy (LASPP) Conference
Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)- University of Pittsburgh
March 17-18, 2017
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Pittsburgh, welcomes everyone in the community to the 21th Latin American Social and Public Policy (LASPP) Conference. The conference will be held on Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March18, 2017.
The LASPP conference is a student-organized event where undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty members can present their scholarly work involving social and public policy in Latin America. This year's presentations will be organized around,but not limited to, the following topics:
a) Public and Social Policy: Economics development, health, education, environment energy, gender, urban studies decentralization, LGBT, ethnic policies.
b) Political systems and institutions: Democratic challenges, political economy, state building, public opinion, social-military relations, civil society, political parties and movements, political history, legislative studies, judicial studies, electoral systems, parties and party systems, comparative politics, ideology, subnational politics.
c) Social, political and economic instability: Violence and crime, illegal economies, peace and conflict studies, conflict resolution, transitional justice, social movements.
d) Arts, humanities, and cultural studies: linguistics, literature, media & film studies, cultural industry, musicology
The LASPP Conference was first held in 1996 and has been held annually since then. It has been organized by the graduate students from the LASPP Graduate Certificate Program at CLAS at the University of Pittsburgh. We welcome all students, undergraduate and graduate, and faculty members who are enthusiastic about social and public policy in Latin America to submit paper proposals, panels, posters and participate in the conference. As every year, it is a great space for discussing the current issues in Latin America and gets to know more friends and colleagues interested in the region.
To learn more about this year's conference and submit paper proposals, please click http://www.lasppconference.com/
Please don't hesitate to contact us :
Jose Incio j.incio@pitt.edu; Pamela Loayza pal77@pitt.edu
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Indiana University
6th Annual Graduate Student Conference
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Indiana University (CLACS) and the CLACS Graduate Student Association are currently accepting applications for our 6th Annual Graduate Student Conference: "The Individual, the People, and the State: Power in Latin America.” This year’s conference will take place between March 3rd and 4th, 2017, on the IU Bloomington campus and it is open to students from all academic disciplines.
Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is Monday, December 5th. Information outlining the application process as well as relevant details on past conferences is available on our website: http://www.indiana.edu/~clacs/events/gsc/
LACS Graduate Student Conference
University at Albany.
The conference will take place March 3-4, 2017. All are welcome to submit any type of presentation format.
Submission deadline: Dec 15, 2016.
See conference description and keynote speakers in attached PDF and following link: https://lacsgradstudents.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/call-for-submissions-lacs-conference-march-2017/
2017 Thinking Andean Studies: An Interdisciplinary Conference
University of Pennsylvania
February 10-11, 2017
Submission Deadline: November 20, 2016
The aim of the second edition of this gathering is to develop an interdisciplinary network of scholars working in the growing field of Andean Studies, as well as to help foster a mentoring relationship between established and emerging scholars. The event will provide a space for participants to share their research through paper presentations and roundtable discussions, showcasing the increasing number of scholars in the US conducting research in and about the Andes. Moreover, we hope to investigate whether it is possible to theorize a voice “from the Andes,” which might include rural and urban areas of Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia, as well as certain areas of Argentina and Chile, and engage in a wide distribution of topics.
Papers from any theoretical perspective and examining any aspect of the Andes are welcome, including but not restricted to: cultural studies, cultural policy, literature, indigenous studies, language planning and policy, bilingual education, decolonization, colonial studies, anthropology, sociology, cultural heritage, political science, linguistics, media studies, critical race theory, ethnomusicology, and history. Ideally, papers will engage in some fashion with the question of whether Andean Studies could constitute a theoretical perspective beyond a focus on a given geographic region.
Please submit a paper title and 200-250 words abstract to Marlen Rosas at mrosas@sas.upenn.edu . Responses will be made available by December 11th to all who submitted.
For more info, please visit: http://web.sas.upenn.edu/quechua
"Colombias globales" - XX Congreso de la Asociación de Colombianistas
3-5 de agosto de 2017
University of San Diego, San Diego, California, EE.UU.
La Junta Directiva de la Asociación de Colombianistas y la Universidad de San Diego invitan a investigadores, académicos, educadores y estudiantes de posgrado a presentar propuestas individuales y de mesa sobre el tema “Colombias globales”. Se plantean tres dimensiones del tema como sugerencias para orientar las propuestas: I. ¿Cuáles son algunos de los temas y aproximaciones más actuales acerca de las (re)configuraciones de lo colombiano en contextos internacionales y globales? Se trata de examinar lo colombiano—tal como se manifiesta en la producción cultural, las comunidades de colombianos radicados en el exterior, etc.—que se encuentra más allá del territorio nacional, desde los países vecinos hasta otros continentes. II. ¿Cómo se estudia Colombia en relación con otros contextos internacionales y al expandir las ópticas disciplinarias? Aquí se trata de estudios que se centren en realidades y fenómenos colombianos del contexto nacional, tanto históricos como actuales (y futuros)—el conflicto armado, articulaciones del periodo posconflicto, etc.—pero examinados mediante acercamientos comparados y/o perspectivas interdisciplinarias que abarquen aspectos extranacionales. III. ¿Cuáles son algunos de los elementos, influencias e instancias de lo extranjero en Colombia que necesiten más estudios académicos? Mientras que estas tres dimensiones sirven para señalar algunos enfoques generales, también se considerarán propuestas con distintos acercamientos y temas de estudio.
Se pueden presentar sugerencias para temas de mesa a partir del 1 de agosto de 2016. Véanse los detalles en www.colombianistas.org
Proposal deadline: 1 de febrero de 2017
Contact information: colombianistas2017@gmail.com y www.colombianistas.org
Cuba At A Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Contemporary Cuba
SUNY Geneseo
The SUNY Geneseo Consortium on Latin American Studies is pleased to invite abstract submissions for *Cuba at a Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Contemporary Cuba*, a SUNY Conversation in the Disciplines, on April 20–22, 2017.
In *Cuba at a Crossroads*, we seek to promote a wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary conversation about the paths Cuba will confront in the near future, and the potential economic, political, social, and cultural impact that those choices will make in the daily lives of the Cuban people and their new global partners.
On the 55th anniversary of the trade embargo between the United States and Cuba, we invite a broad range of papers exploring 20th- and 21st-century Cuban realities from across all disciplines. Themes and topics might include, but are not limited to:
- African diaspora in Cuba
- Continuity and change in Cuban identity
- Documentary and artistic film and photography
- Emerging educational initiatives
- Entrepreneurship and the state in tourism
- Ethnographic perspectives on contemporary life
- Evolution of the Cuban state and state-society relations
- Health and health systems
- International relations and foreign policy
- Political economy of Cuban development
- Race, racism, and Cuba’s racial democracy
- Social justice
- Sustainability
- Transnationalism
- Transitions reflected in fiction and nonfiction literature
Please submit abstracts, of no more than 300 words, by December 15 2016 using this form: https://www.geneseo.edu/cuba-crossroads-call-proposals .The presentations, which may be in English or Spanish, and can include papers, film and/or multimedia, should not exceed 15 minutes. Please indicate in your presentation abstract if you would be willing to participate in a flash session (5-minute, image-based slide show with brief narration) or a poster session in lieu of a paper presentation.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email gclas.geneseo@gmail.com |
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